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Sir T. S. Raffles's Descriptive Catalogue 



It is little more than eight inches in length, and is throughout 

 of a ferruginous-brown colour waved with black, scarcely 

 varying in intensity on any part of the body. Below the eyes 

 are several small red spots or dots. The bill and legs are 

 black. 



4. PICUS TRISTIS*. 

 TUKKI BOREH. <L' it) , Jj 



Is only six inches in length ; black, with transverse white undu- 

 lations, which are numerous, and fine on the head and breast ; 

 larger and fewer on the back, abdomen, wings and tail. The 

 rump is whitish, and there is a red stripe behind the lower 

 mandible. The bill is black, and the Ws blueish. The fe- 

 male has more of a brown tinge, with finer and more nume- 

 rous undulations, which become scarcely perceptible on the 

 head. 



5. PICUS minor. Var. Tukki lilit. c^JjJ ^Jj 



6. PICUS Tig At. 



Tukki besar, or T. rufa. ^j ,^Jj 



This is a very singular three-toed species of Picas, remark- 

 able for wanting the thumb-toe, and differing therein from the 

 Picas tridactyla, which is deprived of the outer toe. 



It is above ten inches in length, orange-coloured on the back 

 and wings, red on the rump, and variegated with white and 

 black below. The outer quill-feathers and the tail are brown- 

 ish-black. The nape of the neck is black, the sides white, 

 with a black stripe from behind the eyes. The male has a 

 red crest. In the female the head is black, with white spots, 



* Picus tristis. Horsfieid, p. 177- 



t Picus Tiga. Ibid. 



and 



